Application of Cohort Analysis to Large Terrestrial Mammal Harvest Data

Cohort analysis (also known as virtual population analysis) is a method of population reconstruction from age-specific harvest data. Because cohort analysis requires data over a whole life span to reconstruct a population for a single year, this method is impracticable for longer-lived animals. Three models are routinely combined by fisheries scientists to make cohort analysis more cost effective and to provide real-time estimates of population...